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This list deals with the various states that existed from 1171 onwards that owed their origin to English involvement on the island of Ireland. Until the whole island was conquered in 1609 these states shared the island of Ireland with a patchwork of indigenous states that existed outside of their authority.

• The Lordship of Ireland ( 1171– 1541)

• The Kingdom of Ireland ( 1541– 1800)

• The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1801- 1922)

• The unilaterally declared Irish RepublicThis article is about the historic Irish Republic which should not be confused with the modern Republic of Ireland ( 1949 present), which is often incorrectly referred to as the "Irish Republic"1''. The Irish Republic was the Irish state set up by Dail Ei ( 1919Events January January 1 Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 Spartacist uprising Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution with Spartacist League in the forefront January 9 Spartacus- 22)

• Southern IrelandSouthern Ireland was the twenty-six county Irish state created in the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It had a legislature, the Parliament of Southern Ireland. This Act formally and controversially partitioned the island of Ireland into two states, Northe ( 1921Events January 2 The first religious radio broadcast ( KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) January 2 Spanish liner Santa Isabel sinks off Villa Garcia 244 dead January 2 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco opens. January 20 Republic of Turke– 22) and Northern Ireland ( 1921- present) Both created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, though only the latter existed in reality

• The Irish Free State ( 1922– 37)

• Éire or, in the English language, Ireland ( 1937–present), more generally known since 1949 as

• The Republic of Ireland ( 1949–present)